Fundamentals
Learn fundamental piano techniques and exercises to improve your playing.
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Discover the best way to improve your time and feel with a rhythm exercise that pros use to lock-in their playing. It's time to get serious about time!
Discover the best way to improve your time and feel with a rhythm exercise that pros use to lock-in their playing. It's time to get serious about time!
Confused about piano scale fingerings? This lesson will help you comprehend the logic behind piano scale fingerings once and for all.
Confused about piano scale fingerings? This lesson will help you comprehend the logic behind piano scale fingerings once and for all.
Learn to solo on piano with the ultimate scale for minor chords—the Dorian Scale. Discover when to use this scale and how to sound like a pro!
Learn to solo on piano with the ultimate scale for minor chords—the Dorian Scale. Discover when to use this scale and how to sound like a pro!
Start playing better piano chords today with chord hacks—these fun little harmonic shortcuts are incredibly simple and profoundly effective!
Start playing better piano chords today with chord hacks—these fun little harmonic shortcuts are incredibly simple and profoundly effective!
There's more to playing standards on piano than single-note melodies. Discover 6 ways to add harmony notes to jazz melodies for a fuller sound.
Explore 5 levels of passing chords that you can use to personalize tunes, add variety and increase harmonic expressiveness.
Explore 5 levels of passing chords that you can use to personalize tunes, add variety and increase harmonic expressiveness.
A complete guide to understanding and applying the concept of guide tones for the beginner jazz piano student.
A complete guide to understanding and applying the concept of guide tones for the beginner jazz piano student.
Learn to instantly play amazingly rich and full piano chords with a sublime harmonic character in this essential lesson for singer-songwriters.
Learn to instantly play amazingly rich and full piano chords with a sublime harmonic character in this essential lesson for singer-songwriters.
Your ultimate guide for understanding the dreamy Major 7th chord on piano! Learn easy ways to construct them & how to use them in your music.
Your ultimate guide for understanding the dreamy Major 7th chord on piano! Learn easy ways to construct them & how to use them in your music.
Want to be able to play piano by ear? In this lesson, you'll discover ear training exercises to improve your aural skills and 8 steps to learn any tune by ear.
Want to be able to play piano by ear? In this lesson, you'll discover ear training exercises to improve your aural skills and 8 steps to learn any tune by ear.
Jonny May shares the chord secrets that every songwriter needs to know when writing for piano to avoid the 11 most common chord mistakes.
Jonny May shares the chord secrets that every songwriter needs to know when writing for piano to avoid the 11 most common chord mistakes.
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